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Sensation vs. Perception, Path to Perception - Coggle Diagram
Sensation vs. Perception
Perception
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Concerned with perceptual stimuli as representations of distal stimuli, often unaware of proximal stimuli
Multimodal, synthesizes multiple sources of incomplete sensory information as well as internal factors such as beliefs, emotions and memories
Sensation
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Fragmented, each sense is disconnected from one another and is unaffected by internal brain processes
Path to Perception
Sensory receptors are specialized to receive a specific kind of stimulus energy (light waves, sound waves, heat energy, etc.)
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